Emily Tripp Senior Writer Over the last few weeks great white sharks have been appearing in the Northeast in record numbers. They are primarily gathering by Monomoy Island by Martha’s Vineyard. Sharks migrate up here every year to feed, but the larger-than-normal gray seal population has attracted a huge group of great whites. They are drawn here [...]
A 30-40 foot finback whale was found dead on a New York beach early this Wednesday morning. The whale washed up on Atlantic Beach on the south shore of Long Island about 30 miles from Manhattan. A large portion of the whale was said to be injured or decomposed. The whale was first spotted near Long Branch, New [...]
NOAA Fisheries’ Pacific Islands Region has a webpage designed to educate the public about the negative consequences of swimming with Hawaiian spinner dolphins.
The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance has successfully petitioned the federal government to expand critical habitat for highly endangered Hawaiian monk seals.
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